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By: Collin Dowall


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There are plenty of people who enjoy casino style gambling and would love to gamble for a living. But gambling is not a 9 to 5 job, it take years of dedication and practice to make money gambling. Here are some of the ways that professional gamblers earn money.

Advertising:
Once you reach a certain level of popularity and success different companies may want to pay you to wear their name on your shirt or hat when you are Gambling in a casino or in a televised Tournament. This is the closest thing to a steady paycheck a professional gambler. It has become a new fade to wear "poker Shirts" they are shirts with the names of poker sponsors on them. Players wear them to make themselves look like the professionals. You can always recognize the fakes; they are usually sitting around the tables with the lowest max bet and usually only bet the table minimum.

Tournaments:
To really be known as a professional gambler you are going to need to win a tournament or two. This is where a professional players makes the money he needs to travel around gambling all year long. If a pro poker player can win one big million dollar tournament a year. It is more then enough to travel around and to pay for the entrance fees to many of the world series of poker qualifying tournaments all over the country.

Casinos:
Casinos and poker rooms across the world are where professional players spend most of their time. To be the best you have to play more hands of poker then everyone else. Casinos always have games going 24 hours a day 7 days a week even on Christmas and New Years. People may thing that professional gambling is a glamorous life, but, since you only get paid when you are winning the Hours can really be long and tedious. It is usually not that difficult to spot the difference between the professional poker player and the occasional player. The professional will usually be sipping water or soda and someone playing for fun will probably be drinking alcohol. The professional knows that the more you drink the worse your judgment will be, and he needs to be alert at all times.

Gaming:
The largest number of people making a living from gambling play poker, but there are many other ways to gamble for a living. Many gamblers make a living betting on sports or even betting on horse racing. Betting on sports and horse races is based more on luck then skill, so it is not as common to have gamblers successfully making a living from them, but it does happen. You also have many professional gamblers who play craps and blackjack, these players are usually more successful then those who bet on sports and horse racing.

Education:
As professional gambling becomes a more and more popular profession many of those doing it now have started writing books, about their tips and tricks, strategies and their experiences at some of the different casinos, tournaments and on the road.

Professional gambling is not an easy way to make a living and very few people can truly make the claim to only survive on money earned from gambling.

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Collin Dowall spent 5 years trying to make it as a professional Poker player, before deciding to take a job reviewing Online Casinos and poker rooms.

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